Share Your Plans and Progress

[Stina]

Here is the entire list of prompts. You can copy any or all of it into your own post on this thread and then come back in and edit it throughout the year.

Procrastination Penance
- A book that you bought while on vacation
- A book by an indigenous author
- A book first published the year you were born

Lost Linzi Levels
Level 3
- Read the first book of a trilogy
- Read the second book of that same trilogy
- Read the third book of that same trilogy
- Read a book by Brandon Sanderson
- Free Space! Read any book
Level 4
- A book about time travel
- A book authored by a Catherine/Katherine or variant
- A book by Anne Rice
- A book from TIME Magazine's All-TIME 100 Novels list
- A book with the word "dream" in the title
- Free Space! Read any book

The Usual Fails
- Fewer than 100 Goodreads reviews
- Read for school
- High fantasy
- Middle grade
- Ugly cover
- Historical romance
- Western
- Set in Asia
- A book of poetry
- A book longer than 700 pages
- A play
- A book about a country or culture you have never visited
- A book related to a skill
- A book of short stories
- The first book by a favorite author
- A book based on a true story
- A book at the bottom of your TBR pile
- Read a book being adapted for TV or film this year
- Read a book set on every continent
- A true crime book
- A book of nonviolent true crime
- A book by an Australian author
- The oldest ARC you own
- A #bookstagram recommendation
- Highest Goodreads rating
- Longest-standing TBR book on Goodreads
- A book written as a journal
- A book published on your birthday (just the day, not the year)
- An #ownvoices book set in Mexico or Central America
- An #ownvoices book set in Oceania
- A business book
- A book by a South East Asian
- Read an ethnography or a book involving an anthropologist
- A book set on a college or university campus
- A book with "love" in the title
- A LitRPG book
- Read a book that you were recommended by a friend on Goodreads
- Finish a series you started at least a year ago
- A family member's favorite book
- A book published when you were a teenager
- A 'random number' book
- A 'collected works' volume
- Any book in the Redwall series
- A 'Top 10 of 2019' book

Unprompted Inspiration
- A book featuring an abandoned building
- A book with the word "river" in the title
- A graphic novel
- A book with a disabled protagonist
- A memoir by a woman of color
- A story spanning several decades
- A screenplay

[Stina]

As usual, I will allow myself to use one book for multiple prompts.

Procrastination Penance
1. A book that you bought while on vacation - Alchemist's Laboratory of Rudolph II
2. A book first published the year you were born - Swords and Deviltry
3. A book by an indigenous author - Fry Bread: A Native American Family Story

Lost Linzi Levels
Level 3
6. Read a book by Brandon Sanderson - The Stormlight Archive - A Pocket Companion to The Way of Kings and Words of Radiance
80. Read the first book of a trilogy - Scandalously Yours
- Read the second book of that same trilogy - Sinfully Yours
- Read the third book of that same trilogy - Passionately Yours
- Free Space! Read any book
Level 4
48. A book about time travel - Gods, Monsters, and the Lucky Peach
97. A book from TIME Magazine's All-TIME 100 Novels list - Neuromancer
- A book by Anne Rice - Interview with the Vampire
- A book with the word "dream" in the title - Tree of Dreams - Lincoln's Dreams
- Free Space! Read any book

The Usual Fails
5. A book about a country or culture you have never visited - The City of Brass
7. Fewer than 100 Goodreads reviews - The Cases of Nancy Trentino
11. A 'Top 10 of 2019' book - The Murmur of Bees
12. A 'collected works' volume - American Hippo
14. A book based on a true story - Little Women
16. An #ownvoices book set in Oceania - The Whale Rider
24. Read a book being adapted for TV or film this year - The Plot Against America
31. Middle grade - Five on a Treasure Island
41. Highest Goodreads rating - Rebels & Revenants: A Sirens Benefit Anthology
42. A book of poetry - Stay the F At Home
47. Set in Asia - Pachinko
53. Western - The Peaceful Valley Crime Wave
54. Read for school - The Rime of the Ancient Mariner
58. Ugly cover - New York Shape Shifter
59. A book with "love" in the title - Locke & Key, Volume 1: Welcome to Lovecraft
63. A book related to a skill - Becoming Fluent: How Cognitive Science Can Help Adults Learn a Foreign Language
68. A book set on a college or university campus - The Semester of Our Discontent
76. A book published when you were a teenager - The Lion's Lady
77. A book by an Australian author - Mothers' Group
79. A 'random number' book - Two Truths and a Lie
84. Read a book that you were recommended by a friend on Goodreads - Six Names of Beauty
85. A #bookstagram recommendation - Ivy Aberdeen's Letter to the World
86. Read an ethnography or a book involving an anthropologist - Dust Tracks on a Road
87. A book at the bottom of your TBR pile - The Capture
91. A business book - Save the Cat: The Last Book on Screenwriting You'll Ever Need
92. Historical romance - The Flight Girls
101. A play - A Raisin in the Sun
102. A book of short stories - Parker Pyne Investigates: A Short Story Collection
120. The first book by a favorite author - Sense and Sensibility
- High fantasy - The Raven Tower - An Illusion of Thieves - A Wizard of Earthsea
- A book longer than 700 pages - Kushiel's Dart - The Quincunx
- Read a book set on every continent - Space Opera
- A true crime book - Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI
- A book of nonviolent true crime - The Art of the Con: The Most Notorious Fakes, Frauds, and Forgeries in the Art World
- The oldest ARC you own - Right as Rain
- Longest-standing TBR book on Goodreads - Animals Make Us Human: Creating the Best Life for Animals
- A book written as a journal - Bridget Jones's Diary - The Sandmann's Journal: Vol. 1
- A book published on your birthday (just the day, not the year) - The Silkworm
- An #ownvoices book set in Mexico or Central America
- A book by a South East Asian - The Bone Witch
- A LitRPG book - Space Opera Insertion
- Finish a series you started at least a year ago - Fire Watch
- A family member's favorite book - A Tale of Two Cities
- Any book in the Redwall series - Redwall

Unprompted Inspiration
8. A book featuring an abandoned building - The Likeness
9. A graphic novel - Monstress, Vol. 1: Awakening
13. A story spanning several decades - Mercy House
26. A book with a disabled protagonist - The Stars Are Legion
118. A memoir by a woman of color - Unashamed: Musings of a Fat, Black Muslim
- A book with the word "river" in the title - River of Darkness
- A screenplay - Brick

[Mary]

Thank you!

[Cheryl]

I am still hoping to complete this challenge this year, despite the time crunch so I will try to use this to track what I have done -- CHALLENGE COMPLETED 12/30/2020

Procrastination Penance
- A book that you bought while on vacation
- A book by an indigenous author
- A book first published the year you were born -- DONE (Mandy)

Lost Linzi Levels
Level 3
- Read the first book of a trilogy
- Read the second book of that same trilogy
- Read the third book of that same trilogy
- Read a book by Brandon Sanderson
- Free Space! Read any book
Level 4
- A book about time travel -- DONE (The Time Keeper)
- A book authored by a Catherine/Katherine or variant -- DONE (Florist Grump)
- A book by Anne Rice
- A book from TIME Magazine's All-TIME 100 Novels list
- A book with the word "dream" in the title
- Free Space! Read any book -- DONE (The Hilarious World of Depression)

The Usual Fails
- Fewer than 100 Goodreads reviews -- DONE (Revolt-- And Virginia)
- Read for school -- DONE (Foundations of Addiction Counseling)
- High fantasy
- Middle grade -- DONE (The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane)
- Ugly cover -- DONE (One for the Road)
- Historical romance -- DONE (An Irish Country Courtship)
- Western
- Set in Asia -- DONE (Unbroken)
- A book of poetry -- DONE (Scattered Clouds)
- A book longer than 700 pages
- A play
- A book about a country or culture you have never visited -- DONE (Time's Magpie)
- A book related to a skill -- DONE (Violence Risk and Threat Assessment)
- A book of short stories -- DONE (There are Jews in My House)
- The first book by a favorite author
- A book based on a true story -- DONE (O Come Ye Back to Ireland)
- A book at the bottom of your TBR pile
- Read a book being adapted for TV or film this year
- Read a book set on every continent
- A true crime book
- A book of nonviolent true crime
- A book by an Australian author
- The oldest ARC you own
- A #bookstagram recommendation
- Highest Goodreads rating
- Longest-standing TBR book on Goodreads
- A book written as a journal
- A book published on your birthday (just the day, not the year)
- An #ownvoices book set in Mexico or Central America
- An #ownvoices book set in Oceania
- A business book -- DONE (The Gift of Therapy)
- A book by a South East Asian
- Read an ethnography or a book involving an anthropologist
- A book set on a college or university campus
- A book with "love" in the title
- A LitRPG book
- Read a book that you were recommended by a friend on Goodreads- DONE (Anxious People)
- Finish a series you started at least a year ago
- A family member's favorite book
- A book published when you were a teenager
- A 'random number' book -- DONE (A Walk with Jane AusTEN)
- A 'collected works' volume
- Any book in the Redwall series
- A 'Top 10 of 2019' book

Unprompted Inspiration
- A book featuring an abandoned building
- A book with the word "river" in the title -- DONE (River Town)
- A graphic novel
- A book with a disabled protagonist
- A memoir by a woman of color -- DONE (Becoming)
- A story spanning several decades
- A screenplay